Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Todd Kerns
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — May 26th, 2014 at Vamp’d in Las Vegas, NV. — Memorial Day in Las Vegas lived up to its high expectations. As thousands of tourists descended upon The […]
Month: May 2014
Interviews 2014
Max Cavalera of Killer Be Killed
by Steve Patrick – Senior Columnist — Typically a musical supergroup sounds better on paper then it does in practice. Killer Be Killed, the supergroup formed by The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and […]
Interviews 2014
Jonny Hawkins of Nothing More
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — Hardrock Haven is always looking for that break out band. This time around Nothing More based out of San Antonio has captured our attention. Nothing More has earned […]
Interviews 2014
Marty Friedman & Gus G.
by Christophe Pauly – Senior Photojournalist — Hardrock Haven’s Christophe Pauly talks with Marty Friedman and Gus G. at their gig in the Muziek-O-Droom in Hasselt, Belgium on May 17th. Both Marty Friedman and Gus […]
Music Reviews 2014
DIO | Live In London: Hammersmith Apollo 1993
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — In the case of posthumous albums, there’s always an uneasy feeling of the possible motivation behind their release – all this being about the financial profit rather than a […]
Music Reviews 2014
Lake Of Tears | The Black Sea
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — The Swedish act Lake Of Tears, active since the mid-‘90s, is labeled anything from ‘Death to Doom to Gothic/Dark metal – and there is no doubt about their sound […]
Music Reviews 2014
Perfect Beings | Perfect Beings
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Although not easy to digest for everyone, progressive rock is a form of music that requires both technical skill and artistic sensitivity – and yet, because of complexity, elaborate […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Anthrax @ Carolina Rebellion
by Chris Baird – Photographer — May 3rd, 2014 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. — Carolina Rebellion’s second consecutive year in Concord, N.C., at the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Rock […]
Off the Rails
Roast on the Range 2014
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — May 15th, 2014 at LC Pavilion in Columbus, OH. — The 3rd event in Revolver and Guitar World’s Rock and Roll Roast Comedy Series came to Columbus, OH […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Rock on the Range 2014
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — May 16th – 18th, 2014 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH. — ROCK ON THE RANGE 2014 — once again upped the ante by growing to three […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | GUS G. in Belgium
by Christophe Pauly – Senior Photojournalist — May 17th, 2014 at Muziek-O-Droom in Hasselt, Belgium — Gus G., born in Thessaloniki, Greece is a heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with Ozzy Osbourne and his […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Marty Friedman in Belgium
by Christophe Pauly – Senior Photojournalist — May 17th, 2014 at Muziek-O-Droom in Hasselt, Belgium — Marty Friedman began his career as a Shrapnel solo recording artist and later recruited a then 17 year old […]
Music Reviews 2014
Nothing More | Nothing More
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — San Antonio rock band Nothing More is gearing up for their self-titled release June 24 via Eleven Seven Music. They say Texas does everything bigger and Nothing More […]
Interviews 2014
Steve Blaze of Lillian Axe
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — Lillian Axe is gearing up for the release of acoustic album One Night In The Temple on May 27. Founding member guitarist Steve Blaze tells Hardrock Haven what […]
Interviews 2014
Kristof Bathory & Syrus of Urilia
by Anabel DFlux – Senior Photojournalist — Senior photojournalist Anabel DFlux casually sat down with Kristof Bathory and Syrus to talk about their exciting new musical venture Urilia- as Dawn of Ashes is put to […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Black Label Society @ Carolina Rebellion
by Chris Baird – Photographer — May 3rd, 2014 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. — Carolina Rebellion’s second consecutive year in Concord, N.C., at the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Rock […]
Concert Reviews 2014
“King Of Rock ’n’ Roll” – The Ronnie James Dio Tribute
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — May 15th, 2014 at Centrum Promocji Kultury in Warsaw, Poland — The tribute concert form is probably the most demanding one – a tough nut to crack, if you […]
Music Reviews 2014
Voyager | V
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Australian melodic progressive metal band Voyager is back with a new album, their fifth overall, appropriately titled V. The band has generated a fair amount of buzz […]
Music Reviews 2014
Orange Goblin | Healing Through Fire
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Originally released in 2007, Healing Through Fire was the sixth album from long-running UK stoner/doom metal band Orange Goblin. It was released by the now-defunct Sanctuary label, […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Avenged Sevenfold @ Carolina Rebellion
by Chris Baird – Photographer — May 3rd, 2014 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. — Carolina Rebellion’s second consecutive year in Concord, N.C., at the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Rock […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Leatherwolf in Las Vegas
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — May 10th, 2014 at the Las Vegas Country Saloon in Las Vegas, NV. — ‘80s metal band Leatherwolf made a rare Las Vegas appearance May 10 at the […]
Interviews 2014
Jens “Shredmaster JB” Basten of Gloryful
by Jenn Carbaugh – Senior Columnist — Gloryful was formed in the summer of 2010, and they continue to catch the attention of head-bangers everywhere. Merely 10 months after the prominent release of their first […]
Music Reviews 2014
Mindcage | Our Own Devices
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — 2013’s Our Own Devices is the debut full-length album from American progressive/power metal band Mindcage, one of the more promising bands to hit the scene in recent […]
Concert Reviews 2014
Guns ‘n’ Roses Caps Day One at America’s Largest Rock Festival
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — May 16th, 2014 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH. — It was perhaps the most anticipated performance of the 2014 Rock On The Range; Guns ‘N’ Roses […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Seether with Black Stone Cherry
by Jonna Ambur – Senior Photojournalist — May 11th, 2014 at Webster Theater in Hartford, CT. — Touring in support of their newest album, Isolate and Medicate (being released in July 2014), Seether hit the […]
Music Reviews 2014
Miracle Master | Tattooed Woman
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Tattooed Woman is the debut album from Miracle Master, the new German melodic hard rock band formed from the ashes of Pump. Pump didn’t exactly set the […]
Music Reviews 2014
Adavant | A Light Cut Through the Void
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — When you think of hotspots for pagan and folk metal bands, Arizona probably doesn’t spring to mind. It’s not exactly prime territory for landing Viking long-ships after […]
Music Reviews 2014
Therion | Theli
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — You wouldn’t think that as late as 1996 a new metal album could come out and completely define an entire genre, but that’s exactly what happened when […]
Music Reviews 2014
Lillian Axe | One Night at the Temple
by Derric Miller – Managing Editor — There are entirely too many bands whom writers and critics call underrated. The only time all of them are right is when they use “underrated” and “Lillian Axe” […]
Music Reviews 2014
Ektomorf | Retribution
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Hungarian groove merchants Ektomorf are back with a new studio album, their ninth overall, titled Retribution. Once again the band has enlisted producer/engineer Tue Madsen, and once […]
Music Reviews 2014
Sleaze RoXxX | Dangerous Obsession
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Riding a wave of ‘80s nostalgia might be a good idea these days. But no matter if you think about the new ‘80s-infused bands (such as Brother Firetribe, Outloud […]
Interviews 2014
Johnny Kelly of Kill Devil Hill
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — He cut his rock n’ roll teeth in Type O Negative and he’s also the drummer for Danzig. Now Johnny Kelly is sitting on the drummer throne of […]
Music Reviews 2014
Hatriot | Dawn of the New Centurion
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Well, the Souza clan certainly didn’t waste any time. Just one year after releasing their debut album Heroes of Origin, Hatriot is back with another devastating serving […]
Music Reviews 2014
Ironstorm | Wrathwind
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Canadian rock is much more than Rush, Helix, and Harem Scarem. Edmonton’s own Ironstorm is new to the scene, and brings female frontier metal into the mainstream of […]
Interviews 2014
Sebastian Stodolak of Scream Maker
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — In spite of the majority of their musical counterparts going for odd fusions of genres and experiments that go out of hand more often than not, Scream Maker remains […]
Music Reviews 2014
H.E.A.T | Tearing Down The Walls
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — In 2008, the Swedish melodic rock act named H.E.A.T emerged from the Nordic wilderness to bring catchy guitar-laden melodies and huge ‘80s-infused choruses back with their self-titled debut album. […]
Music Reviews 2014
Mach22 | Sweet Talk Intervention
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — With their musical résumés content-rich (and their family connections influential – one of the band’s two guitarists, Sebastian LaBar, is the son of Cinderella’s Jeff LaBar ), a Philadelphia-based […]
Music Reviews 2014
Madman’s Lullaby | Unhinged
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Originally self-released last year (and now given a proper CD release by the Kivel label), Unhinged is the third album from Bay Area hard rockers Madman’s Lullaby. […]
Music Reviews 2014
Clawfinger | Deafer Dumber Blinder – 20 Years Anniversary Box Set 1993-2013
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — There’s nothing like the idea of 20 year anniversary for a rap metal album to make you feel really, really old. Isn’t rap metal the new thing […]
Music Reviews 2014
David Readman | David Readman
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Melodic rock/metal vocalist David Readman, best known as the frontman for both Pink Cream 69 and Voodoo Circle, released his debut solo album in 2007. It came […]
Interviews 2014
James Rivera of Helstar
by Deb Rao – Senior Columnist — Helstar featuring James Rivera kicks off their European tour on May 6. The band is promoting their latest release This Wicked Nest on AFM Records. Helstar will kick […]
Interviews 2014
Bob Dee with Petro
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Bob Dee and his band Petro should be kept on radar by all modern melodic rock fans – an all-in-one guide to their output, the retrospective album Burning Rain […]
Music Reviews 2014
WAMI | Kill The King
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — These days, artistic collaborations between well-known musicians are nothing rare and the number of star-studded projects spring up like mushrooms. Still, WAMI is a unique formation for many reasons […]
Music Reviews 2014
Anette Olzon | Shine
by Craig Newman – Columnist — Swedish singer Anette Olzon has her first album released this year, titled Shine, with 10 songs and the first single teaser is “Lies.” It’s on her Facebook page along […]
Interviews 2014
Torben Enevoldsen of Acacia Avenue
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — After four years of hiatus, Acacia Avenue is back! The project’s mastermind, Danish axeman Torben Enevoldsen, continues his exploration of melodic rock genre, this time with the likes of […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | Flower Kings in Belgium
by Christophe Pauly – Senior Photojournalist — April 24th, 2014 at ProgResiste Convention in Soignies, Belgium — The Flower Kings continue their march across Europe. Hardrock Haven’s Christophe Pauly caught the band live in Soignies, […]
Music Reviews 2014
Brother Firetribe | Diamond In The Firepit
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — If thinking about a contemporary band that embodies the term “pomp rock” in the strict sense of the word, the Finnish melodic rock act Brother Firetribe is one of […]
Music Reviews 2014
Altered Sky | Stop and Live
by Jenn Carbaugh – Columnist — Altered Sky is fulfilling their fairy tale while they paint stories with their self-written material. This Glasgow rock band has an ambitious feat ahead of them with 3 U.K. […]
Interviews 2014
Adrian Vandenberg of Vandenberg’s MoonKings
by Marija Brettle – Columnist — The Robin 2, Concert Venue in Wolverhampton, April 23. 2014 — After almost two decades, former Whitesnake and outstanding rock guitarist Adrian Vandenberg is finally back in music with […]
Music Reviews 2014
John Taglieri | Southern Paradise
by Mark Allen – Senior Columnist — Put Springsteen, Mellencamp, and latter-day Bon Jovi into a musical blender and the result might sound very much like guitarist/singer/songwriter John Taglieri. If you must hang a tag […]
Music Reviews 2014
Bob Dee with Petro | Burning Rain
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — New York-based rock act Bob Dee with Petro – comprised of the singer/guitarist Bob Dee and his backing band – released their greatest hits compilation entitled Burning Rain just […]
Music Reviews 2014
Old Man’s Cellar | Damaged Pearls
by Joe Mis – Senior Columnist — Once again, the Italian metal scene has given the world another gem of a band. Old Man’s Cellar, a five-piece hailing from Modena, has successfully blended modern techniques […]
Interviews 2014
Gavin of Ajenda
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — In recent years, we could observe the huge development of the ‘female fronted’ rock subgenre – from the alternative rock and such acts as Halestorm to the symphonic metal […]
Music Reviews 2014
Human Fortress | Raided Land
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Released at the tail end of last year, Raided Land is the fourth album from Germany’s Human Fortress, and the first to feature Gus Monsanto (ex-Adagio, ex-Revolution […]
Music Reviews 2014
Words of Farewell | The Black Wild Yonder
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — Just when you thought there weren’t any bands making good, classic-style melodic death metal anymore, here comes Words of Farewell with their second album, titled The Black […]
Music Reviews 2014
The Pretty Reckless | Going to Hell
by Jenn Carbaugh – Columnist — There is so much doubt thrown in the direction of the sinfully sexy Taylor Momsen. Fronting The Pretty Reckless has caused opinion to swirl involving the talent of the […]
Interviews 2014
Levi Benton of MISS MAY I
by Chris A. – Senior Photojournalist — Miss May I have grown from a local Troy, Ohio band to a legitimate national metal act sharing the stage with artists like Killswitch Engage, Five Finger Death […]
Interviews 2014
Sami Alho of Free Spirit
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — Five years after their critically acclaimed debut Pale Sister Of Light saw the light of day, Free Spirit return with their sophomore effort, entitled All The Shadows Of Darkened […]
Concert Reviews 2014
LIVE! | William Control
by Anabel Dflux – Senior Photojournalist — April 26th, 2014 at Bar Sinister in Hollywood, CA. — William Control took over L.A.’s premier goth club; Bar Sinister. Saturday night’s fiasco involved a DVD filming, special […]
Music Reviews 2014
Picture | Eternal Dark/Heavy Metal Ears
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) scene may have gotten most of the attention from fans and the press (and rightly so) back in the […]
Music Reviews 2014
Free Spirit | All the Shades of Darkened Light
by Justin Gaines – Senior Columnist/News Editor — It’s been five long years since Finnish melodic rock band Free Spirit released their unforgettable debut album Pale Sister of Light, but they’re finally back with a […]
Interviews 2014
Ken Sandin of Alien
by Alexandra Mrozowska – Columnist — It’s hard to think of any better news for the classic AOR/melodic rock fans than one of the most acclaimed bands back, geared up and ready to go! It’s […]
Interviews 2014
William Control
by Anabel DFlux – Senior Photojournalist — Anabel DFlux found herself backstage at L.A.’s hottest goth club to chat with front-man William Control. Bar Sinister was the stage for William Control’s upcoming DVD- and Anabel […]